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Parliamentary Affairs Advance Access originally published online on August 8, 2007
Parliamentary Affairs 2007 60(4):568-584; doi:10.1093/pa/gsm039
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How Parties Evaluate Compulsory Quotas: A Study of the Implementation of the ‘Parity’ Law in France1

Rainbow Murray

The study of electoral quotas is often focused on tangible outputs, with far less research considering the perspectives of the political parties charged with quota implementation. Using the French ‘parity’ law as a case study, this article explores how political parties will respond to a compulsory quota and seek to incorporate it into the candidate selection process. Parties are faced with competing and contradictory demands throughout this process, and the ordering and evaluation of these demands depends on the party in question. A model is offered that illuminates how parties' underlying goals will dictate their trajectory through the process of deciding whether and how to implement quotas.


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